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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-01-28

Office Circuit Court OF Augusta County,
January 9th. 1885,
James E. Beard, Plaintiff.
George Whitmore. Ellen Benson. Jno.
Lavell, and Angelina his wife, Emma Harris,
Tate Reed, Ollie kuebush: and Mary his wife.
nd .l nuk g. and I kHsha his wife Hugh Reed
Armstrong, Robert Galloway and Ella his
wife, Albert Armstrong. Charles Armstrong,
Frank Armstrong. Eliza Armstrong Ebly
Armstrong, Ora Armstrong, Dora Armstrong
Charles and Margaret A. Armstrong, Alkaline
Armstrong, John. Dorsey, Emory and Clara
Bruce Armstrong, Defendants.
In CHANCERY ON AMENDED BILL FILED IN CAUSE
OF BEARD VS.. RUsMIsELLE,
The object of this suit is to ascertain what real
and personal property Mrs. George B. Rusmts ellie
died, seized and possessed of. The debts and
claims binding same; to whom the real estate
Middle brook owned by sal MRS Rusmiselle at her
death, will descend as the heirs at law thereof,
and IN what p oportion they are entitled thereto.
What interest Geo. B. Rusmisee has as tenant by
the curesy and as husband o. said Mrs. Rusmiselle
in the said real estate. if any or what other in
bind the same and their order of priority; and to
subject the interest OF Mrs Rusmselle to the pay
ment of her debts. and that of Geo RusmiSelle
to payment of his debts in their proper order.
1t appearing by affidavit filed that SEQ. Whit
more, Emma Harris, John, William and James
Harris, Rice Reed, Tate Reed, Ollie Ruebush, and
Mary his wife. Duke and Russia his wife,
Hugh Reed and Alice Reed, Julia Ann Armstrong,
James Armstrong Robert Galloway, and Ellen his
wife, Albert Armstrong, Charles Armstrong, Frank
Armstrong, ELIZA Armstrong, Eby, Armstrong.
and Ora Armstrong, are n0n-reSldentS OF this
State, and that due diligence has been used on be-
half of the plaintiff to ascertain in what county
corporation the following parties are, without eff
feet, Ellen Benson. Dora Armstrong, Charles G
and Margaret A. Armstrong, Jno. Armstrong and
Dorsey Armstrong.
1t is ordered that they do appear here within one
month after due publication of this notice and do
what is necessary TO protect their interests.
Teste-
j. N. RYAN,
White & Gordon D. q. Clerk.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-01-28
Pfleagar.
A Slay-Ride.

A Slay-Ride.
The sky was clear, although
Old Prob predicted snoug--,
and that chill winds should blough,
4 couple In sleigh
Set out upon their weigh,
For no one said them neigh.
Bat soon the air to cleanse
The storm from northern feapse
Swooped down on mighty peanse.
Ii chilled them through and through.
When the chit breezes blough,
They knew not what to dough.
Far from their home demesne
The hapless pair were semsne
With highly mournful memsne,
Chanting ploDs hymn
To soothe their anguish grymn
Slow freezing limb by lynn.
They persisted in the night
From that cold north winds blight
Which froze Jneir vitals ought.
While frorl their lips, death dumb,
These sad words seemed to cumb:
s'We'd better stayed to hurnb.'
Boston Courier.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-03-17
4 Lawyers RuSe Exposed.

John Il. Grimes was in his day one
of the most distinguished lawyers in
New Orleans. Though not as learned
rs some of his associates ut the bar, he
possessed qualities Of mind which rem.
dercd him a formidable antagonist.
His personal appearance was much in
his favor, and the gravity of his man.
ner aud his perfect self-posscs,ion ron.
tributed a great deal toward his stand
ing rs an advocate. His chief charac.
t~eristic was %audacity, which never fail
Ell him in any emergency. He was
also Il lawyer of very fertile resources,
and if engaged i'll arguing a very weak
| case. he was not above rcSurting to
trick or article to accomplish his pur,
pose, which the following anecdoto will
Illustrate:
In 4 case of appeal before the Su-
prcme court he pretended to quote
from time to time from certain author.
tiles, and was for a while permitted tc
do 50 without interruption. the bar be.
ing accustomed to such breaches o
professional propriety on his part. Bu
ON this occasion n recently appointed
judge WAS un the bench, and when Mr.
Grimes spoke of a particular law, h,
asked where it could he found. Tn,
old judges present smiled when they
heard the question, for they wer,
familiar with the ruscs practised b.
Mr.. Grimes, but that gentleman. no
at nil disconnected, responded that h
thought it was in Story, giving vol
umc, page, etc.
The imprrturbablc lawyer proccede,
with his appeal. and in the interim
copy If Story was procured by til
doubling judge, who was soon in earn
est search OF the authority in question
Failing, of course. to find it. he too
, advantage of the first pause in til
speech Of Mr.. Grimes to tell that gel
, tleman he had been unable to NEE
! with the law quoted. Whereupon NJ
Grimes exclaimed:
as that so, your honor? Have
made so great a mistake?"
"You have indeed" said the judg,
I Neither | nor my associates hay
. eyer heard of 4 law like it."
"Well, may it please the Court" r,
V marked Mr.. Grimes, very coolly. ;.
? there is no such law in the book
n there ought 10 be- for it would be foun,
eel alike in equity and common-sens
which do not always govern the ru
a ings of our courts of justice"
a And he concluded his argument as
n nothing unusual had occurred. II
: sarcasm with which he sought to GOV,
up his exposure was not lost on tho.
: to whom ii was addressed, but the i
cideut which elected it was related
\ his detriment for many years afte
ward.-Edaor's Drdner, ia Harper
MagGziHe.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-03-17
Very l'rcnchy.

A young man without employment
or visible means Of support. excited the
suspicion of the Paris police, Il few
days ago; he was arrested and asked
to explain how he came into possession
of several hundred francs in gold,
which he had ON hi; person. He told Il
singular tale, which had all the APP
p%earancc of Il fiction Invented for the
occasion. He said that. Il few days
previously, Will" sitting in front of the
central markets, opposite the Saint
Eustachc Church, eating Il plate Of
soup IN the open air, he was accostcd
by 4 well-dreSscd gentleman, who said
to him:
Would You like to make 10000
francs.'
Yes
Then. come at oncs with me-
Thuntierstruck ut the proposition,
the young vagrant followed the fine
gentleman to II weil-furnished apart
ment in the fourth-~tory OF Il neigh
boring building. No sooner had the
two entered. than the conductor said
suddenly to the youthful guest:
.'My lad, you must kill me. Here is
a hlifc. This is my mothers house.
have lost nj the Bours1 II hundred and
tweRty thousand francs of her money,
her whole fortune. | can not, and viii
not bear the shame and agony of hcr
discovery of my folly. and IF her ruin.
My life is insured for %2oo,00 francs,
more than enough to reimburse hen
were ] dead. But if | die by my owl
hand. | shall forfeit my right to have
the mount paid over to her. YOU
must Kill mo. | have not thirty thous
and francs which | promised you, but
will give you Il thousand to-day, ant
you shall call and get the balance to
morrow. Here are some jewels. To
morrow you will plunge this knife int
my breast, and seize these jewels an,
run aw:" with al haste. The jewel
will be missed. and it will he said tina
l was murdered by the thief. NJ
mother will then be reimbursed
Such WAS the strange speech whic.
a stock Spectator made to a stree
vagrant.
THE offer was tempting said tn
intelligent gamin; Il took 800 franc
and promised to call the next day.
thought the man was crazy. Tn
next day | went near the house, but
did not dare enter. My story is tru,
and accounts for the money in my POI
session
A strict examination of the lad W.
then made by the police magistrat
the name and address of the brok,
were taken; an officer was sent 10 mai
inquiries of him concerning the gamin
romantic narrative; the particular
Were found to be all substantiatet
and the young vagrant was set ut Ii
erty. carrying with him his gold, ST
in his pocket.-Paris Cor. Iltcr-Oced
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-03-17

Senator Joe Blackburn, of Kentucky,
was rs i well known, Il dashing
Southern leader in the late war. At Il
social gathering Il few evenings ago
the Senator paid Il glowing tribute to
the exalted character of Abraham Lin
coin. He said he considered MI. Lin
coin the faircSt man that Yer presided
over Il nation. and that his taking off
BY the hand of an assassin was the
most cruel blow the South received
from the war. Then the Senator re-
lated the incident of his first meeting
Mr.. Lincoln, which in substance was
as follows: when | was 10 years of
age l located in Chicago and commence
ed the practice Of law. One of my
first cases was in the United States
Court, which was presided over by
Justice Mclean, of the United States
Supreme Court. and Judge Drummond,
of the Illinois Circuit. The opposing
counsel was Isaac n. Arnold, then at
the head of the Chicago bar, who was
subsequently a prominent member of
Congress and the author of the first
biography of Mr.. Lincoln. had filed
Il demurrer to Mr.. Arnold's pleadings
in the cause, and when the case was
| reached on the calendar | was quite
nervous ut having such Il formidable
and experienced antagonist, while the
| dignity of the tribunal and the pres
encc of a large number of lawyers in
the court all aided to increase my
timidity and embarrassment. | was
young. inexperienced, and naturally
felt dit1ident and nervous, in fact, ]
was willing that any disposition should
be made of the case so | could be rio
of it. | was ready to adopt any sug'
gestion Of the opposing counsel which
would relieve me of the embarrassing
situation. wanted to get away from
the ordeal as soon rs possible. Mr.
Arnold made az argument in which h,
criticised my demurrer in a manner
that greatly tended to increase my con
fusion.
However, | had to make an effort
| said but little, and that in a very be
wildared manner and was about read
to sit down and let the case go by de
fault, as it were, when a tail, homely
loose-iointcd man, sitting in the bar
whom ! had noticed as giving close at
tention to the case, arose and address
ed the court in behalf of the position
| had assumed in my feeble argument
making the points so clear that whel
he closed the Court at once sustained
my demurrer. | didn't yet know WIN
my volunteer friend was, but Mr.. Ar
mold got up and attempted to rebuk'
him for interfering in the matter
when /, for the first time, heard h
was Abe Lincoln of Springfield. Mr.
Lincoln, in his g~ood-natured reply t,
Mr.. Arno!d's structures on his interior
ence. said that he claimed the privileg
of giving a young lawyer a boost whel
struggling with his first case, especial
ly if he vas pitted against an exper
fenced practitioner. Of course
thanked him and departed from tn
court Is proud as II young field mar
shall. | never saw Mr.. Lincoln again
and he died without ever knowing VIII
the young struggling lawyer was h
had 50 kindly assisted and relieved
from defeat in the maiden effort be
fore a United States tribunal. VAST
jD1fpD ffrifjr
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-03-17

poUudcr>l; the swift knows not when 1t
viii he cold. Nv WITH il j. culd-a
much easier lnatter-likc all the rest Of
Us. The reason lie leaves - much
earlier than uu: other .uIuulrr migrants
is simply because food Tails him. There
i nothing miraculous III knowing
when YOU are hungry; the interest in
FAINT we'll knows that mucit. The cold
upper air begins To feel che chilling eff
feet of autumn long before the basking
luwland meadows, and when the supply
If flies falls short in the high circles
where swifts habitualil move, the
swifts are prompted by III inner mon
itor (otler than consistency IL Hit
southwark. :" lhey make tracks for
Africa in Il formed body. deVouring the
remaining insects as they go, and, in
the words of the poet, otherwise APP
piled, ..swallow. swallow, flying south
AT the same time | do not deny that
the swift Is a bird of delicate conStitu-
ton. and that Il marked aversion 70
cold for its own sake is one OF his
| most obvious personal characteristics,
4 member IF an essentially tropical
! lliililN. he NI~il~ thF iA'ti-itii fs.'
southern temperate regions only during
the very height of their summer season,
| and probably luiterS long on the way,
breaking the journey in Morocco aud
the S~uuniaH. like those wise iuvalid>
who leave Egypt or Algeria early in
February and only reach the admiralty
pier at Dover when the English spring
has fairly reached the summit of May
hill. Then in autumn he i oil again
about the middle of August, and ii b.
any chance a few stragG!ers hnger OF
too late in September they are not nn,
frequently orertaken and numbed 10y
the first frost. in which ease they falH
hclple>sly iiuttering on the unfamiliar
ground, and are left to the cruel tender
mercies of the village chi!dren.-Corhs
hill HIJTEinN.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-03-17
Reasons for Migrations.

By what strange and mysterious psy.
Geological mechanism does the swift
learn that the period for migration has
actually arrived? Simply. | believe,
by a natural see-saw. dependent only
on the alterations of the seasons. Fox
when the swift IS not in Great Britain
he is OF on his other alternative resi-.
denee in Cape Colony. As some peo-
pie keep up a house in England aud a
winter. villa ut Cannes or Mentone, SO
the swift has always a summer nest in
Europe and a winter nest in temperate
South Africa. Or, rather. they are
each in their own time summer nests
alike; for, of course, whenever it Is
winter here 1t Is sunny midsummer in
the southern hemisphere. Unwise adj
mirers of the swift have ventured bold
ly TO assert that he knows when cold
weather is coming, and therefore goes
away from England in autumn before
1t arrives. When men speak so to you
believe them not This is nonsense
with all due defsrence TO its PRO
&h - go
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-03-17
CRUMBS PICKED UP.

He that is too secure is not safe.
Frost and fraud have foul endings.
Better die a beggar than live a beg
gar,
Honest men never gain the love of
a rogue.
Eagles fly alone, but sheep flock
together.
Being your line to the wall, not the
wall to your line.
Spend the evenings with your wife,
and live a decent, Christian life.
The wise man knows he knows
nothing, the fool thinks he knows
all.
Let the grapes be ever so sweet
and hang in plenty even so low, there
is always a fair bunch out of reach.
Don't grumble about the squalline
babies and remember that baby may
"take after papa in his disposition
Man is a tickle ''critter." Even
Adam, who had his wife made to or
der, found more or less fault with
her.
Cayenne pepper blown into tht
cracks where ants congregate viii
drive them away. The same remedy
is also good for mice.
German silver derives its name
from the fact that it's first introduc
ton in the arts to any great exten
was made in Germany.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-03-17
Drunkenness, or Liquor Habit, can be
Cured by Administering DIR Haines'
Golden Snecifc-

1t a be gwen in a cup of coffee
or tea without the knowledge of the
person taking it, effecting a speedy
and permanent cure, whether the
patient is a moderate drinker or an
alcoholic wreck. Thousands of
drunkards have been made temperate
men who have taken the Golden
Specific in their coffee without their
knowledge, and to-day believe they
quit drinking of their own free will
No harmful effects result from its
administration. Cures guaranteed.
Send for circular and full particulars
Address in confidence Golden Specific
Co, 1855 Race Street, Cincinnati
Ohio. 32-ly
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-03-17
Broke Him all Up.

While Renfro Gibbs and one OF
our young ladies were taking a walk
a few days ago, one of our citizens
approached the couple and offered tc
sell him his house, stating that it was
new and nice, and cheap. 1t is
needless to say that Ren's breath
was nearly taken away by the offer
Our citizen was mistaken in the
couple, believing it to be a couple
residing here.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-03-17
Political Complexion of the Next Sen

ate.
WASHINGTON, March IL. The
breaking of the senatorial deadlock
in New Jersey, resulting in the cleo.
ton of Mr.. Blodgett, and the appoint
ment of Finlay and Lucas from Flor
ida and West Virginia, completes the
list of United States senators as it
will stand during at least a portion OF
the time of the Fiftieth congress.
The outgoing senate stood, Republi.
cans Al, Democrats "a, Riddleberger
Independent. The incoming body
will stand Republicans SO, Democrats
81 and Independent l. The changes
result from Democratic gains in four
states, California, Indiana, New Jer.
sey and Virginia, and a loss in Neva.
da where Stewart, Republican, sue.
ceeds Fair, Democrat.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-03-17
You Can Have 1t.

"My dear, what would 1 give to
have your hair?' is often said by
mlddle-aged ladies' to young ones.
Madam, you may have just such
hair. Parker's Hair Balsam will give
it to you. 1t will stop your hair from
falling off, restore the original color
and make it long, thick, soft and
glossy. You need not stand help
Iessly envying the girls. The Balsam
is not oily, not a dye, but is an ele.
giant dsessiDg, and is especially rec.
commended for it's cleanliness and
purity. 49-1m.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-03-17
T Attendance.
From the Bowling Green Times.

TUT NJ I'VNItII5 FIItVs
Robt. Irvine informs US that the
attendance at the Mexico horse sale
held by Clark & Potts, Tuesday, was
very large and horses sold from $3.50
to S1,310. About 100 head were
sold. Jas. McPlke and JAS. II.
Caldwell, purchased a fine FLY for
which they paid sl95. Web. Wright,
also of Curryville, purchased a fine
stallion, for which he paid S610.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-03-17
Ear! Ear! Come OF.

While the boys were playing foot
ball on the streets a few days ago,
the ball struck a Mexico girl in the
ear and logged. They had to prize it
out with Il fence rail -Centralia
EUur1
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-03-17

The house-cleaning joke, spring
poet chestnut and the fish mummy
will soon appear and will have to be
borne with that fortitude that charac-
teriztG a iong-suffering public.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-03-17
OF C0urSp Not.

Bob White says he has no intention
of leaving Mexico. OF curse not
Mexico cannot afford to lose Bob; he
is the life Of the city.-Certralia
Guard.
OF course not. Mr.. White is in
Fort Smith merely to see how they
work a boom not to locate.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-03-17

One of the results of d. X.
Shields so-called temperance lectures
at Mexico was to cut the saloon IL
cense down from $1,000 each to ST.
200 each. This action was the work
of a Council composed principally OF
temperance men. The Council had
IN past years noted the evil effects OF
''gallon Observation-Disclosures that
pay no revenue into the city treasury
and which would have been intro.
duced had city license been refused,
The city fathers had brains enough
to choose wisely between two evils
Aurora Springs MESSENGER.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-03-17

Ed. w. Clark sold to John Mich.
OILS, of Bloomington, yesterday, fol
W. H. Lee, a 5-year-old gelding fol
S165; for J. B. Terrell, of Perry, g
~7-year-old gray gelding, 500; fol-
w. L. Terrell, of Perry, Syear-olt
DOny, $50.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-03-17

March, 1882, Rev. l. \, ST. ODgc,
p. F., 1nhisn Missionary, Glen Falls,
n. Y, wrote: IA single application
of st. Jacobs Oil relieved me oil
rheumatism October 20, 1886, he
writes again: 1T cured me them
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-03-17

Mr.. Geo. II. Utterback, of Wanda.
lis, is putting two miles of thing or
his farm. Other farmers should fol.
low Mr.. Utterback's example.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-03-17

Paul Tilton, son Of Theodore Tilton, Is
making y reputation as an artist in
Rome
at the satisfactory conclusion that he
was thoroughly awake, . tremendous
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-03-17

The farmers are busy all over the
county sowing oats. This is fine
weather for 1t.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-03-17

Lee & Mitchell, real estate agents,
have transferred S54 900 worth of
real estate in their Office this week,
and as the deeds are not yet record
ed, this amount does not appear in
our list of transfers published else
where in this issue.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-03-17
Greatly Excited.

Not Il few Of The citizens of Mexico
have recently become greatly excited
over the astounding facts, that sew.
cfal of their friends who had beer
pronounced by THEN physicians as in.
curable and beyond All hope-suffer,
ing aith that dreaded monster con
sumption-have been completely cur.
ed by DR. Kings New Discovery fol
Consumption, the only remedy thai
does positively cure all throat ant
lung diseases, coughs. colds, asthma
and bronchitis. Trial bottle free al
J. +. LieweiIyn's drug, store, lart
bottle 81.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-03-17

at is a pretty sight to e the
young wife standing at the front gate
of an evening, watching for hel
choice for life as he returns home from
his labors of the day." remarked &
friend Of III yesterday. Yes, and
it's a lively sight to watch them both
as they sit down to the supper table
he jswing like thunder at the driet
up and burned steak, which got tina
way from her standing at the from
gate so long watching for bis coming
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-03-17

The Missouri State Senate has de.
clarcd ii a felony, punishable by from
two to five years imprisonment in the
peniten,iary for one person to brighten
another into quitting work. II the
House also adopts this law 1t will be
extremely dangerous for any one to
invite a lazy mar to quit work. Lazy
men are very easily inundated to
rest.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-03-17

There will be q home talent con-
cert given in this city April /. The
concert will be one of the finest
musical entertainments eve given
here, and will me participated in by
Messrs. Trcloar, Schumacher. Weimer
and other local musicians.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-03-17
Sale.

A combination stock sale was held
N Mexico on Tuesday, where 81
head of horses, mules, etc, were sold
at good prices. One stallion, Du-
luth, Jr., from Kentucky vas bought
by John Davis, of Monroe
county, for $3.50. We notice that
our townsman, w. H. Davis, bid
S1,275 for this animal. VIM. Brown
of this county, purchased n two
year-old mule. for $91. Quite a mum.
Der of C~allawegians attended this
sale. About $40, 900 worth of stock
was sold. Messrs. Clark & Potts
deserve great credit for inaugural
ing this sale which will be held an.
nually.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-03-17
A pleasant entertainment for a few

A pleasant entertainment for a few
friends is called a quotation party"
When the invitations are given the
request accompanies them that the
recipient will come to the party with
three quotations memorized. When
these quotations are given, the name
of the author is to be given by any
one of the company who a do So
The mi who first guesses or gives
the ann receives a favor, usually
a flower; if this is not practicable, 8
bit Of narrow. bright ribbon that car
be tied in the button-hole is substitu.
tod
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-03-17

THE European war specter has
hid itself for the time being. Reports
are current of a new triple alliance,
Italy taking the place occupied by
Russia in the old one, and also of an
agreement between Russia and Aus
tria on the Bulgarian question.
Meanwhile consuls are high, and such
advances as are being made in wheat
quotations are simply due to the OPP
GRAFTON of ordinary laws of trade.
We can sympathize with "Ino"
Wooton. the Farber correspondent &c
the MteHigencer, i'll having to write
up the marriages of his successful
rivals. We've been thar, Samivel,
and know just how big u lump a fell
low has 10 swaliow.-Middletowr
(bjns